Kentucky man arrested after traffic stop yields ecstasy, $5k in cash

A 24-year-old man from Kentucky was jailed Thursday afternoon in Rochester Hills after a traffic stop.

A passerby assisted the deputy in restraining the suspect after he resisted and scuffled with the deputy, the report indicated.

Deputies had stopped him at Auburn Road and Lower Ridge Drive after a traffic violation.

Smelling marijuana, the Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy asked him to step out of the vehicle. Stepping out, a baggie of suspected marijuana fell out, deputies reported.

Trying to handcuff the suspect, the man resisted, refusing verbal commands. After the struggle and help in getting him under control, the driver was found to possess $5,113 in cash and a pill bottle in the car that ended up having MDMA, or ecstasy.

He was jailed and the Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team will continue the investigation.